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I am living one of the busiest seasons of my life right now. As we...

Andrea Palpant Dilley has led the writer's group I've been part of at my church...

It's Sunday and I’m sitting on the very last row of a jet moving thousands...

Parents who will drive eight hours and spend money on a hotel room on the...

“It is easy to recognize the bitter spirit of wickedness which creates a barrier to...

"The words of the Psalm are: I have uttered your praises seven times during the...

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it has meant to me...

There’s a phrase I hate in the Christian subculture.  And it’s one I haven’t heard...

“In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance before all created gifts insofar...

Last night I stumbled on Jennifer Fulwiler's recent post, "Stay-at-Home Moms Need Help" on the...

Last night I stumbled on Jennifer Fulwiler's recent post, "Stay-at-Home Moms Need Help" on the...

This is what my husband brought to my bed yesterday morning. He knows that I...

Yesterday morning I woke to a quiet (and sort of creepy) almost three-year-old standing beside...

Yesterday during time of confession in our worship service, I ran my mind over my...

When I sat in front of my spiritual director last Friday, trying to relay to...

When I packed for the cross country drive that would haul me from Texas, the...

This past week I managed to pull a typical Micha move. I’m not naturally organized....

Yesterday I looked at an apartment I adored in Sausalito, a beautiful, quaint little fishing...

If you don’t automatically start singing the theme song to Wonder Pets when you read...

This week my brother, Jason Boyett, asked me to guest post on his blog, O...

I can’t stop thinking about the oil spill today. Yesterday, I read this blog post...

If you had asked me ten years ago which of my brothers would be running...

I’ve been wanting to share a little about our current Hopkins poem: why I love...

A few weeks ago, I sat around with some fellow mothers discussing the great dilemma...

Why do I have to be sick for a third day in a row? Aren’t...

It was poetry that won me over to words before I even knew a person...